Fence



(No Model.)

H. J. BEAM.

v FENCE.

No. 484,872. 4 Patented 0013. 25, 1892.

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HENRY J. BEAM, OF LEBANON, VIRGINIA.

FENCE.

4 S1?EGIIEICIA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,872, datedOctober 25, 1892.

Application filed December 21, 1891. Serial No. 415,750. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. BEAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lebanon, in the county of Russell and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of whichthe following isa specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in fences;and it has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple, cheap,and easily-constructed fence,which shall be strongly braced, not liableto be aifected by winds or storm, and which can be built zigzag or in astraight line, as may be desired.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafterappear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined bythe appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, forms a part of thisspecification, and in which is shown a perspective view of a portion ofmy improved fence.

Referring now to the details of the drawing by letter, A designates theposts or uprights, and as each set may be arranged in a different manneror all the posts in any desired length of fence may be connected afterany one of the forms herein shown I will describe each form separately,it being understood that a fence may be constructed having its uprightsheld to the rails in any of the ways herein set out or part in one wayand part in another. It may be found preferable to employ more than oneof the forms in a single fence.

Taking first the posts at the left-hand end of the fence hereinillustrated, it will be noticed that they are crossed at right angles tothe line of the fence and the rails B are held against the hat face ofthe upright or post, which is practically vertical, the rail O-beingheld against said flat face aboveY the point of crossing of the posts,the rail D being held against the opposite face of the vertical post inthe crotch formed by the crossing of the posts, the posts and railsbeing secured firmly together by the stout wire E, the upper end ofwhich is looped around the upper end of the inclined post with the twista bearing upon the upper railD at its top inner edge, and the wire isthen brought down over the corresponding edge of the rail O and thenalong the edge of the inclined post upon its outer face and against theinner faces of the rails B and under the bottom edge of the bottom rail,where the end of the wire is placed around the vertical post and drawntautand twisted around the vertical portion of the wire, as clearlyshown. This forms a Very strong connection for the posts and rails,bracing them, as it does, in all directions. Additional fastenings, asshown at h, may be employed, if desired, in which case the wire E maypass either inside or outside the fastenings b.

At the right-hand side of the drawing I have shown the posts Asupplemented by the additional post A. The rails are secured by thewires F and F', the wire F being looped around the lower end of the postA under the bottom railand then extended upward in contact with theouter faces of the rails B and secured at its upper end tothe two otherposts, a fastening or loop c being preferably ernployed, which securesthe post A to the wire F, as seen. The wire F has its lower end securedto the wire F near the upper end ofthe latter, which is substantially atthe center of the posts, and the upper end of the wire F is loopedaround the upper end of the post A and the post A, to which the lowerend of the wire F is secured, the said wire F embracing the rails C andD,the latter of which is heldin the crotch between the posts at theupper end and the rail() beneath the said crotch. This also forms a verystrong connection for the posts and rails.

In the form of fastening adjoining that at the right there are shownthree posts arranged reversely to those at the right, and a single wireG is employed for holding the parts together. This wire is looped at itsupper end around the upper ends of two of the posts and embraces all therails on one side of the fence, and has its lower end looped around thebottoms of one of the said posts, and the other post not embraced by theupper end being passed under the bottom rail. Additional fastenings dmay be employed to bind the posts, rails, and wire together, as shown.In the other form I employ three posts, two of which are inclined inopposite directions from the center one, which is substantially verti-IOO cal; but these posts areall upon one side of the fence and lie flatagainst the rails. The inclined posts are preferably secured to therails by the fastening-loops e, and a wire H is employed which has itslower end looped around the center post under the lower rail and itsupper end embracing the upper ends of all three posts, being rst loopedaround the upper rails, as seen at f, and then drawn taut over the upperends of the posts and secured by twisting or otherwise. Additionalfastenings g'may be employed, as shown.

It will be understood, of course, that all of the posts are to be drivenor inserted into the ground a sufficient distance to give rigidity tothe fence. y

All 'of the forms illustrated and above described are cheap, yet verystrong, and a fence thus constructed will withstand the severest stormswithout injury.

In all the forms shown the binding-wire-ern braces the upper ends of theposts and the lower end of one or more posts and extends beneath thebottom rail and bears against the same, so that the rails are all boundfirmly against the posts and all liability to separate is avoided.

What I claim as new is- In a fence, the combination, with the rails, ofa plurality of posts arranged all upon one side of the fence and lyingflat against the rails and a binding-wire secured by aloop at its lowerend to one of the posts beneath the bottom rail and its upper end loopedaround the upper rails, then looped around the upper ends of all of thesaid posts, and secured between the two upper and lower loops, substan.

tially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

y HENRY J. BEAM. Witnesses:

E. S. FINNEY, W. N. HENDRICKS.

